NORTHAMPTON CO. PA
Formed 1752 from Bucks
Northumberland formed 1772 from Lancaster, Bedford, Berks, Northampton
Wayne formed 1798 from Northampton
Schuylkill formed 1811 from Berks, Northampton
Lehigh formed 1812 from Northampton
Pike formed 1814 from Northampton
Monroe formed 1836 from Pike, Northampton
Carbon formed 1843 from Northampton, Monroe
 

CENSUS RECORDS

1810 Northampton Co. PA Census
Lower Mi.
Pg.79  David Dunken      22001  -  22000

1820-1850 Northampton Co. PA Census
      No Duncan indexed

1860 Northampton Co. PA Census
Easton
Pg.1015, #755-781, Henry RUPPLE 31 NJ & family
                  Eagle Hotel, many people, including
                  James DONKIN 25 NJ conductor
                  (MAD: see 1860-1870 Carbon Co. PA census)
Williams Twp.
Pg.1179, #990-998, Joseph DUNKAN 36 ENG miner $1250-$150
                  Lydia 35 ENG
                  Anna P. 10, William 8 PA
Pg.1209, #1223-1220, Abraham DUNKEN 25 PA lab. $500-$200
                  Margaret 52 PA widow
                  Mary Ann 12, Catharine E. 9 PA
Pg.1210, #1231-1229, Jacob LESH 32 PA merchant $5000-$4000
                  Eliza 33 PA
                  John MOSER 13 PA
                  Simon KNOBEL 23 PA lab.
                  Anna DUNKEN 22 PA servant
                  Henry JACKSON 23 PA lab.

1870 Northampton Co. PA Census
Allen Twp.
Pg.225, #241-263, LIVELY, George 32 PA laborer $500-$150
                  Susan 33 PA
                  Oliver 16, Sarah 8, Lissa (f) 4, Laura 1 PA
                  DUCAN, Barna (m) 35 IRE laborer $500-$150, parents of foreign birth
                  Rosa 35 IRE, parents of foreign birth
                  Ade (m) 10 IRE, parents of foreign birth
                  (MAD: indexed Barna Duncan?)
 

1880 Census, South Bethlehem, Northampton County, Pennsylvania (from Kathy Cawley 3/2007)
S.D.# 4, E.D.# 97, Page# 269A, Image# 9 of 35
Boarding with the MILLER Family and others.....
79-83
DUNCAN, Murray, age 22, boarder, student, D.C./LA./MA.
      (MAD & KDC: 1870 Montgomery Co. MD census, 1900 Marquette Co. MI census)
 

LAND RECORDS

Northampton Co. PA Deed Indexes, 1752-1926 (SLC 10/5/2011)
   Grantor index, surname D, given names A-J (FHL film 947,060)
      Duncan, Elizabeth & heirs, grantor, 1897, (not copied) (pg.530#3)
   Grantor index, surname D, given names K-Z (FHL film 947,190)
      Duncan, Samuel wf, grantor, 1897 (not copied) (pg.1530#2)
   Grantee index, surname D, given names A-Z (FHL film 954,009)
      Duncan, Elizabeth from Samuel J. Duncan Jr., 1903 (not copied)
      Duncan, Robert al from Edmund Physick atty, F2-118, Nov. 2, 1799, Nov. 9, 1799, P of atty
      Duncan, Samuel from James McCoy & wf, E13-410, Apr. 6, 1872, Apr. 12, 1872, (locality) S. Beth.
      Duncan, Samuel J. Jr. from Alonzo P. Charlton, 1902 (not copied)
      Duncan, William al from Simeon Hart al, D4-38, Mar. 6, 1817, May 24, 1817, U Mt Bethel Tp
 

Northampton Co. PA Deeds (SLC 10/5/2011)
      F2-118: 2 Nov. 1799, Power of Attorney, I Edmund Physick of City of Philadelphia Esqr. by Powers granted me by John Penn and Richard Penn Esqrs 14 March 1796, appoint Robert Duncan and John R. Coats attornies of the said John Penn Esqr. and Richard Penn Esqr. to make entry into and take possession of all lands in Northampton Co. PA and all lots in Town of Easton, Northampton Co., and to grant or lease for any term not exceeding 3 years. Wit. Thomas Lightfoot, Fred Beates. Edmund Physick appeared before Alexander Wilcocks, Recorder of City of Philadelphia, on 4 Nov. 1799. Recorded 9 Nov. 1799. (FHL film 953,690; SLC 10/5/2011)
      D4-38/39: 6 March 1817, We, Simeon Hart of Twp. of Lower Mount Bethel in Northampton Co. PA, merchant, and Eleazar Biethwell of Twp. of Upper Mount Bethel in county & state afsd, physician; that by Articles of Agreement dated 23 June 1815, it was agreed between said Simeon Hart and Ebenezer Bothwell and a number of the citizens of the city and county of Philadelphia and elsewhere whose names are thereunto subscribed to unite in forming a company to purchase and work a quarry of slate ... near the banks of the river Delaware in Upper Mount Bethel Twp, to be 300 at $50 each, ... they would execute title for the quarry and about 50 acres of land ... Simeon Hart and Eleazer Bothwell subscribed 25 shares, and by deed 25 May 1816 granted the premises to Daniel Groves, Thomas Lampkins and Frederick Foering in trust, ... now for $5,000 paid by James M. Porter, Daniel Groves, William Duncan, John Kempton, Levin Berobhead?, Jacob Sonder, Adam Cafield, Henry Rigby, George Tryon, Jacob Harman, T.M. Lafourcade, Henry Stiles, William Groves, John Taylor, Job Scott, Alexander Hampton, and Isaac Sneedley? of the city and county of Philadelphia, we have sold to them our right to the quarry ... (more not copied) /s/ Simeon Hart, Eleazar Brothwell. Wit. Gear? Fad?, Thos. L. Bell?, they appeared 6 March 1817 before A. Pettit. Recorded 24 May 1817. (FHL film 953,699; SLC 10/5/2011)
 

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